Passover is upon us, and it makes me giggle. I know giggling is probably not the appropriate response, and yet giggling is all I can offer. Three years ago, I hosted (and attended) my first Passover Seder. I cooked for a week while reading and researching as much as possible about the food and tradition. […]
First, is this not the most colorful salad you have ever seen? It is almost too beautiful to eat. Almost. Behold the next installment of my latest obsession, the lovely butternut squash. I’ve roasted, baked, sauteed, marinated and even added it to dark chocolate brownies. All good decisions. This salad tops them all. It’s voluptuous, […]
For the last six weeks, everything has been awash in pink and red in the run up to Valentine’s Day. People scramble for dinner reservations. Vaginas perform monologues. Food gets shaped like hearts. Same shizz, different year. My resistance to this holiday is not caused by a lost love or impending spinsterhood. As much as […]
I feel for broccoli. That poor vegetable can never catch a break. For years, it’s been cast aside as the poster vegetable that kids inherently hate. Then the kids grow into adults, and continue to loathe this vitamin-packed veggie because it’s ‘healthy’, as if that is a bad thing. Oh, my dear broccoli, how did […]